THE MAN OF ISOLATION
Isolation is a feature in the history of Levi, quite as much as it characterizes Simeon, with whom he is paired. I have always felt close to Levi for The way he got his calling. 1983, I got my calling to write. I didn't submit till 1993. 7 & 17. The capacity to stand alone made Simeon and Levi conspicuous among their brethren in their attack upon the Shechemites, and proved a valuable instrument for the work of the Lord. I read in Writer's Digest writing is a very lonesome job. That confirmed my calling. The tribe of Levi was fitted by the discipline of trial to discharge a most important duty in Israel—a duty which made Levi second in importance to none but Judah, whose forerunner and counterpart he was formed to be. The things that happened to me made me a writing minister. Levi stands before Judah in the prophecies of Jacob—Judah before Levi in the blessings of Moses, the man of God.
“The true Levites,” says Dr. C. H. Waller, “are the men who have been made lonely among their brethren that they may live alone with Jehovah, and so dwell as the families of others that they may unite them to the family of God.” I have found writing very great therapy for lonesomeness. Levi came under the ban of Jacob, who, in his prophecy set Simeon and Levi under a “curse.” To the patriarch they were bad brothers. My brother was a bad boy, btw.
May 30
dream career is writing ministry 2k words a dy 10k every fri proofed sat then mailed to my literary agent sat. who finds the $10 e-pamphlet 300 buyers every wk, then sell the pamphlet on 1m addresses then buy me & Andrea an inner city downtown condo. my spiritual will be fed by my study. i still need social unfortunately. that's fed by st pete senior center. but i often get in trouble by ordering a big black beautiful coffee. i sleep 8-3. last night, i slept 8-1, 5 hrs,so i will lay in bed till 3... 7 hours sleep, which is best. my writing 2k words a day gives me the motive to continue my richard simmons exercise, which are why im always craving sugar, something I get very little of. please pray I get a job freelance writing 2k a day $3k a week funding all andrea & my expenses. most important every $1 i get i give the nearest Christian publisher $.20. tithes are $.10. the richest ppl in my family were the most miserable. look at great papa jb, the town owner. he gave ...
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